A cyber battle has erupted following the shooting of a Taiwanese fishing boat by the Philippine coast guards, paralyzing the websites of both countries' presidents, as well as those of Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND), Ministry of Economic Affairs and Coast Guard Administration (CGA).
The Taiwan presidential website was hacked twice but was restored after several hours and no information was taken, said Presidential Office spokeswoman Garfie Li (李佳霏).
Investigations traced the first hacker's IP address to the Philippines, while the second attacker used a Singaporean IP as a disguise, said Li. Full story
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